Thursday, August 1, 2013

Throwback Thursday: The Ultimate Warrior Can't Breathe in There!

Ms. Deathlock and I talked about this week's Throwback Thursday on the podcast. Have you listened to it yet? GO DO THAT NOW. Anyway, the Undertaker has gone though so many character evolutions over two decades that his humble origins, a seemingly indestructible golem made of manflesh and embalming fluid, can be so easily forgotten. Before he was an evil cultist, a biker who may or may not have been reanimated, and then just some dude with a streak who was all about THIS BUSINESS, he was just a dude who hung around funeral homes who loved death and couldn't be harmed unless you dumped out his buddy's urn. No biggie.

Enter the Ultimate Warrior, who to that point might have been the heir apparent to Hulk Hogan, or he may have just come back from his first contract-demand-related hiatus from the WWF. He also drew amazing power from an unbelievable source, so this segment set up an "immovable object vs. irresistible force" scenario. This time, the irresistible force won out in cheesy-delicious fashion. Did you know caskets were airtight? Vince McMahon thought they were. The blood at the end was a nice touch too. Watch this, and then try to watch Miz TV today. I swear, I'm not being that guy inasmuch as I'm saying Miz TV is awful, and this is so, so, SO fun.